Definition:
(noun) - Watercolor has several meanings. First, it means a pigment that, when mixed with water as a medium, creates a type of paint. Watercolor paint is transparent, and the white of the ground (paper) underneath provides light that shines through the painting.
Second, "a watercolor" is what we call a painting created with watercolors.
Finally, watercolor can also be used as a verb. "To watercolor" describes painting with watercolors.
Pronunciation: water cull·er
Alternate Spellings: watercolour
Examples:
"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all." -Stanley Horowitz
